The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-17
all. If legal murder there mast be
let mine suffice. A. SPIES.

all. If legal murder there mast be
let mine suffice. A. SPIES.
OFF TO THE PES1TESTIARY.
CHICAGO, November l0-The She
riff has decided to take Schwab and
Fielden to the penitentiary at once.
They will be removed to Joliet to.
night strongly guarded by force of
deputy sheriffs.
THE SENTENCES OF FEILDEN AND
sCHWAB COMMITTED TO IMPRIs-
oNNENT FOR LIFE.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, November 10.
The following is the Governors
decision in full in the Anarchists
case:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
SPRINGFIELD. November 10.
On the Goth day of August, 1886.
in the Cook County Criminal Court,
August Spies, Albert r. Parsons,
Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab,
Adolph Fischer, George Engel and
Louis Lingg were found guilty by
the verdict of jury, and afterward
sentenced to be hanged for the muir.
der of Matthias j. Degan. An ap
peal was taken from such finding and
sentence to the Supreme Court of the
State. That Court upon final hear
ing and after mature deliberation af.
firmed the judgment of the Court
below. The case now comes before
me by the petition of the defendants
for consideration as Governor of the
State. If the letters of Albert Par
sons, Adolph Fischer, George Eugel
and Louis Lingg, demanding "un
conditional release" or, as they ex.
press it. Liberty or DEATH" and pro
testing in the strongest language
against mercy or Communication of sen.
tence pronounced against them, can
be considered petitions, pardon, could
it be granted, which might imply any
guilt whatever upon the part Of either
OF them, would not be such yindica.
tion as they demand. Executive in
tervention uponthe grounds insisted
upon by the four above named per
sons could IN no proper sense be
deemed an exercise of the constitu.
tional power to grant reprieves, com
mutations and pardons, unless based
upon the belief on nay part of their
entire innocence Of the crime of
which they stand convicted. Careful
consideration of the evidence in the
record of the trial of the parties, as
we'll as of all alleged and claimed for
them outside of the record, has failed
to produce upon my mind any i'm
preston tending to impeach the yer.
dict of the judgment of the trial
Court. or of the Supreme Court af
firming the guilt of all these parties.
Satisfied, therefore, as l am precluded
from considering the question Of
communication Of the sentences of A.
R. Parsons. Adolph Fischer, George
Engel and Louis Lingg to imprison
ment in the penitentiary, as they
emphatically declare they will not
accept such Communication.
Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab
and August Spies unite in petition
for Executive clemency." Fielden
and Schwab in addition present sep
arate and supplementary petitions
for communication of their sentences.
While, as said above, | am satisfied
of the guilt of all the parties, as found
by the verdict Of the jury, which was
sustained by the judgments of the
Courts, the most careful consideration
Of the whole subject leads me to the
conclusion that the sentence OF law
as to Samnel Fielden and Michael
Scbwab may be modified as to each
of them in the interest Of humanity
and without doing violence to public
justice, and as to said Samuel Fielden
and Michael Schwab the sentences
are commuted to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life. AS to all the
other above named defendants |
do not feel justified in interfering
with the sentence Of the Court.
While l would gladly have come to a
different conclusion in regard to the
sentence of defendants August Spies,
Adolph Fischer, George Eagel, AL
bert R. Parsons and Louis Lingg, l
regret to say that under solemn
sense of my obligations Of office /
have been unable to do so.
RICHARD J. OGLEsBY,
Governor.
PARSONS, FISCHER, ENGEL AND SPIES,
PAY THE PENALTY OF 1HEIR
CRIME THEIR LAST NIGHT
ON EARTH-HOW THEY
NET THEIR DEATH.
Cook COUNTY JAIL, ca CAGo, Nov.
1.-THE Anarchists Parsons, Fis
cher. Engel and Spies, the convicted
Haymarket murderers, have been
throttled by the law-the self same
law that they had hoped to throttle.
Their scaffold drop fell at ll.54 a. m.
to-day.
THEIR LAST NIGHT ON EARTH.
Cook COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, Nov.
l1-2 8. m.-At l o'clock a change
was made in the death watch. Dep.
uty Hartke had been guarding Spies
since s o'clock. He reported that he
had quite long talk with the Anar
chist. Spies declared that he had
no reason to be afraid, and then
launched forth in TRADE against the
courts. He asserted that all the
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